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5.19.2014

Spotlight | The Face Shop Lovely ME:EX Makeup Base.

I visited The Face Shop the other day, with hopes of buying a bottle of my favorite Face It Velvet Skin Primer. But alas, they were out of stock! They didn't have the Face It Whitening Makeup Base either, which is why I ended up buying the Lovely ME:EX Makeup Base instead.

The Face Shop Lovely ME:EX Makeup Base.

It's an oil-free, non-sticky makeup base that cuts the unwanted shine on your face and preps the skin for makeup. It makes the skin smooth and radiant and and evens out the skin tone.

The Face Shop Lovely ME:EX Makeup Base.

This makeup base sells for Php 295 per tube and actually comes in two variants - 01 Green and 02 Violet. I chose the former, since green counteracts skin redness. The latter, on the other hand, is recommended for those with dull, yellowish skin.

01 Green.

It comes in an easy-squeeze tube packaging with a twist-off cap. And I say easy-squeeze because the tube is made of a very thin, metal-like material.

The Face Shop details.

Everything else is in Hangul.

Tamper sealed for your protection. :)

The product itself also has a very thin, almost watery consistency. Its low-viscosity makes the product easy to apply. On the downside, this causes the product to flow into the cap when right-side up, and more than slight pressure on the tube may cause the product to spill.

It's green, alright.

But despite that, I like how this product spreads well, and spreads evenly on the skin.

Spread, spread, spread.

Also, it does a good job of neutralizing skin redness.

Left without makeup base, right with makeup base.

And despite the green color, this makeup base doesn't leave a ghastly green cast on the skin.

Bare face. Notice the redness underneath my eyes, and along the cheekbones.

It leaves a wee bit of white cast though, but that doesn't bother me since I'll be applying BB cream/foundation afterwards, anyway. The best part? Makeup doesn't cake when you're wearing this underneath.

I always see this at Face Shop and have been curious about it but never tried it yet. I have a lot of redness from my face naturally and because of acne, so I'd go for the green one too! Also good to hear it stops makeup from caking :)

The price is quite reasonable, but I haven't tried this product yet. Honestly, I know nothing about makeup. I just content myself with reading makeup reviews of beauty bloggers like yourself. -- Maria Teresa Figuerres